Neoliberalism: what it is and how to end it (part 3 of 4)

Culture, Power, Politics » Podcast · Aug 28, 2026 · 1h 26m

Part 3. Why do some people say neoliberalism does’t exist? How did neoliberalism respond to the conditions of the 2008 financial crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic? Is it still the ruling ideology of our age? And is neoliberalism always socially conservative?

In the third episode of a four-part mini-series, Alan Finlayson and Jeremy Gilbert address the idea that ‘neoliberalism’ is a meaningless term, then explore how neoliberalism mutated under the historically unique conditions of the aftermath of the 2008 crash and the Covid-2019 pandemic. As new forms of capitalist nationalism…